Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokusatsu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: tokusat-su
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese 特撮 (“special effects”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 特撮

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tokusatsu mean?: A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.
Where does tokusatsu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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